Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

OCTOBER 22, 2009

First, I’m going to say kudos to Apple for trying involve themselves in the world of social media. Let’s envision this scenario: a user has a support issue about an Apple product. Had many issues with my Apple Ipod and they seem to just have the attitude “You bought it, your headache.&# No acknowledgment.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 13, 2008

The issue at hand is not the fact that the company was virtually unknown. There were far more important issues that needed to be dealt with first. The key here is making the mechanics of the social networks transparent. Social networks like Digg are open source??? Answers Yahoo!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 8, 2009

In the post, I shared my don’ts of social networks, and to that point, I added the following rule for LinkedIn: Gathering all the email addresses of users you are connected to — even locating email addresses of LinkedIn Group managers — and utilizing this mailing list to promote your own company or service off-site.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

This is no less true for the world of social networks. Networks like Digg, FriendFeed, and Facebook are seeing huge growths in value, but the little guys, the ones actually providing the meat and potatoes for those operations, rarely see a nickel. I think the big issue here is more about sites with snippets of text.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 11, 2008

As Digg becomes more of a social network and less of a social news network (or a hybrid that incorporates both elements), it has a lot of obstacles it needs to face. Hopefully Digg will start addressing the aforementioned issue in addition to the other usability issues that plague the system.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 18, 2010

What are their issues? A social media strategy will allow you to get in on these conversations so that you can offer solutions, push buttons, and get people talking. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us What motivates them? Answers Yahoo!

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Razor Social

MARCH 30, 2016

They are very useful to monitor conversations online and deal with any issues (positive or negative) as they occur. You cannot monitor Facebook, Twitter and other social networks but you can monitor forums, blogs etc. Another type of alert is when your competitor changes something on their profile on any of the social networks.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 27, 2008

Many people found the research interesting, but a number of people commented that the social networks probably shouldn’t be grouped together. So the question arose – was social media traffic misrepresented by grouping traffic from all networks together? Three cheers for them! page views SEO ROI — 1.2

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 12, 2010

One of the things I look for nowadays when I visit sites is how well they’re integrating their social network presences. This was something I noticed a few months back Debbie Hemley Reply Michele Corona May 13, 2010 at 11:49 am Excellent article on the holistic, proper approach to implementing social media. Answers Yahoo!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 18, 2008

Twitter has major problems with uptimes, Plurk is missing some major features, and Brightkite is having issues with Verizon. Some UI genius has to come out with a program that integrates social network updates, chat, blogging, and micro-blogging into a small easy to use interface like Adium. Answers Yahoo!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 20, 2007

I’m pretty sure Digg knows about those issues (since I’m sure I mentioned it at least once). As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us Buzz YouTube Tamar Weinberg is a social media enthusiast with a passion for all things tech and productivity. Thanks guys.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 19, 2008

After all, not all of the 1,200 customers had scammed the company (and if that tip to Consumerist wasn’t anonymous, I think Sprint would have had some legal issues to deal with). Do you want to focus on reputation management issues to no end because of something that could have been dealt with in better ways? Answers Yahoo!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 2, 2008

Michael Reply Michael Brito April 2, 2008 at 11:22 am I’m getting mine redone as well but I am having MySQL issues at the moment. As far as Custom search concern, you have to create new page with page title “Search Results&# and paste the code from Googles Search results code text box. Soon though. Answers Yahoo!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 21, 2009

Customer service as we all know is not just about putting issues right, it’s about ‘before, during and after’ the sale and I think this client is a prime example of many companies out there who do not openly demonstrate the value of the customer. Answers Yahoo!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 1, 2008

However, it’s been a long-standing issue that Digg has not acknowledged its users to satisfaction. This is not a regular practice on the social news giant, and unfortunately, that is probably the biggest thing causing its downfall. It’s hard to say if that will happen again. Time will only tell.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 3, 2010

And if you do go on a real vacation, when you get back from that trip, you’ll need to tend to your child yet again and most likely address issues that arose when you were gone. This is especially true of other social networks, especially ones where you were originally untrusted. Answers Yahoo!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 12, 2009

Exploring the Royal Caribbean Promotional Marketing Strategy by Tamar Weinberg on March 12, 2009 Share My husband Brian , who knows firsthand how much I eat, drink, and sleep social media, pointed me to an interesting critique by ExpertCruiser on a 2007 social media marketing campaign by Royal Caribbean.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 15, 2010

This style can also be quite time consuming and can get quite complex especially when dealing with complex issues. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us Buzz YouTube Tamar Weinberg is a social media enthusiast with a passion for all things tech and productivity.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 9, 2008

In the past few weeks, however, even Digg’s other top users are seeing that Digg is becoming more difficult of a social news site to enjoy, and after stepping away from Digg for awhile, I have some thoughts and reflections on how it was and possibly how it should be. Just to be sure I am debating the correct issue.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 6, 2008

If a business resolved an issue but still ranks for the original mister meaner then assistance should be provided. What if a new formula is developed that does not have the same side effects? If the issue is resolved they should move forward to clean things up. On your second instance of reputation management I quite agree.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 22, 2008

Simply put, the new mass media helped organize, and influence, large numbers of consumers. To take two examples: people complain about an issue to an important newspaper prompting them to push the issue into the mainstream, or if a TV station covers an event, that becomes an important topic. Answers Yahoo!

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 5, 2010

Aggregate Your Other Social Streams If you’re only on Facebook, this step isn’t for you. Hopefully, though, you’re considering other social networks to broaden your social media reach. Hootsuite , for example, has multiple tabs that highlight their social involvement elsewhere on the web.

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Buzz Marketing for Technology

JUNE 27, 2008

Branding is a result of many things including your blog, your social network profile, your online resume, and how good you are at reputation management, to name a few. Lesson # 5 Use Social Networks. As mentioned at the beginning of this article, one blog post cant possibly cover all that is social media.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2010

Social Media: Getting Started Why You Have to Engage in Social Media, Even if You Don’t Want to (A Smart Bear): Jason Cohen (@asmartbear) makes a compelling argument into why social media must be considered, even if you have no interest in it. The article has examples of how social media worked too.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 20, 2007

What happened to a simple news site? All of the usability issues and obvious screw ups are killing me. As Tamar pointed out, it’s a social news site, not a network and I could care less about how often profiles are updated. social networking site. There are already too many. Is there any?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 8, 2008

Reem Abeidoh , Social Media Strategist : A social media marketer provides strategic online recommendations based on the client’s business goals and intensive research. It’s a unique blend of networking skills (relationships). So ultimately, the best social media marketers understand all of these disciplines.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 26, 2010

But with all other social networks, there are rules of engagement that are determined by the community. If you take time to see what other community members find interesting, then you might get inspired to craft content that would be interesting to the social internet at large. Still stuck? Check out these viral ideas.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 30, 2008

I say: wait until Plurk gets better and keep waiting for Twitter to fix its scaling issues. It makes sense, it’s easy to navigate, you can find people, groups (cliques), you can search, it’s the hidden secret of microblogging/social networking! Then, everyone will go to his/her respective home(s) on the web.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 1, 2010

If you factor in the “banner blindness” issue I mentioned earlier, Kontera’s performance is even more impressive, as people aren’t bothered by banner ads because they flat out don’t see them. Anyway, thanks both of you, for your thoughtful conversation on the issue. I don’t know what to say. First, you replied 3 weeks later.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2009

Social Media Sites: General The Big Boys of Social Bookmarking: The Top 20 Sites (10e20): Chris Winfield ranks the top 20 social bookmarking sites by their Alexa rankings and gives a short description of what each does — in case you haven’t ventured beyond Digg. What are the most popular sites in these age groups?

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 21, 2008

She was created and portrayed entirely by her “mother&# , Debbie Swenson, a middle-aged Midwestern housewife with some serious issues. I usually follow my gut (it’s there for a reason, I think) and I almost instantly reacted against the Lilly issue, and she was one of my “mutuals&# on SU.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 29, 2010

They just want the freebies without being specific about their issue. Reply Preston Ehrler July 29, 2010 at 4:30 pm This issue is not only common, per your evidence, in the Social Media circle, but has permeated every corner of the business world. I have two perspectives on this issue. Thank you for writing this.

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Laurel Papworth

OCTOBER 22, 2011

The FutureOfMedia Discussion site The New Fourth Estate is Social Media The Function of News in Community Commercialization of Human Stories De-Commercialization of Human Stories Problem Journalism vs Solution Journalism Product vs Process Journalism What is a Newspaper’s Product Anyway? Wikipedia ). end sarcasm*.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 10, 2008

Lacy repeats her question and Mark continues: There are a lot of really big issues in the world that need to be solved. There are a ton of issues out there and the US is not necessarily in the same position it was before where they can tell other people what they should be doing, so there needs to be a solid base for people to communicate.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 8, 2010

This story parallels one of the main issues facing social media. Social media is a continuous effort, not something that is only campaign-based. Campaign-based social media marketing only works when it complements continuous social media marketing. Yeah, I’m sure that specific note is an issue of contention.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

The issue of time. I’m totally authentic on these other accounts, but the difference is that I’ve set up the expectations on my @tamar account to deliver social media and small business news, whereas on my other accounts, I can talk about other interests (e.g. The language issue is a confusing one.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 28, 2008

In other words, this video wasn’t a marketing campaign, but it worked well as one after social media aficionados and marketers viewed this as such. Reply gusma June 15, 2008 at 10:34 pm You looked quite pissed on the no-embed issue today. As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us

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